Helios air crash reconstruction to take place December 19

Head of the Cypriot Investigation Committee on Air Accidents and Incidents Costas Orphanos said the reconstruction of the fatal flight of Helios Airways that killed all 121 people on board, will take place on Monday December 19, at 11:07 local time.

Orphanos told CNA that the reconstruction will be conducted with an aircraft of the same type (Boeing 737), which will arrive at Larnaca airport from Athens at 08:45 local time Monday and belongs to the Olympic Airways fleet.

He noted that on board the airplane will be 15 persons, among which the head of the Greek Investigation Committee into the cause of the air crash Akrivos Tslolakis, the member of the Cypriot Committee and former pilot Yiannakis Loizou, the Greek Attorney competent for the issue and two Olympic Airways pilots.

The flight number of the flight will be symbolic, OA 121.

Orphanos said that all procedures carried out during the fatal flight will be followed and the aircraft will land at “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport in Athens.

He said that prior to the flight a press conference will be given during which Tsolakis will brief the press on the procedures to be followed.